Manufofin tsarin hukunci guda uku ne:

The objectives of the punishment system are three fold :

Don't translate a fixed Arabic term like "kaffara" wrongly; here it is kept as in the original. Domin hukunta masu laifi, ta haka ya zama kaffara (tsarkakewa) kuma gyara su.

1) To punish those guilty of crime, thereby acting as kaffara (purification) and reforming them.

2) Don shi zama hani ga al'umma daga aikata laifi.

2) To act as a deterrent for society from committing crime.

3) Ya zama hanyar ramako ga waɗanda suka zama waɗanda aka aikata wa laifi.

3) To be a means of retribution for those who are victims of crime.

Akwai matakai daban-daban na hukunci waɗanda suka dace da girman laifin, irin laifin, da sauran abubuwan da ke kewaye da shi. Duk waɗannan suna da tasirin cimma manufofin da aka bayyana a sama.

There are various degrees of punishment that accord with the severity of the crime, the nature of the crime, and other factors which surround it. These all have the effect of achieving the objectives detailed above.